Transverse invariant higher-spin fields

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2008.05.043zbMATH Open1328.81128arXivhep-th/0701278OpenAlexW2033404781MaRDI QIDQ901703FDOQ901703

Authors: M. A. Vasiliev, E. D. Skvortsov 

Publication date: 12 January 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that a symmetric massless bosonic higher-spin field can be described by a traceless tensor field with reduced (transverse) gauge invariance. The Hamiltonian analysis of the transverse gauge invariant higher-spin models is used to control a number of degrees of freedom.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0701278

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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